Caunton

Other current and historical names

Calnestone
Calnestune

Built-Up Area: Caunton
Parish/Community: Caunton
District/Borough: Newark and Sherwood
County: Nottinghamshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°7'51"N 0°53'11"W
Eastings/Northings: 474597, 359906
OS Grid: SK745599
Mapcode Local: GBR BJF.QPJ
Mapcode Global: WHFH8.CK2H

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Caunton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Caunton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Caunton.-- par., S. Notts, 6 miles NW. of Newark, 3345 ac., pop. 401; P.O.; contains Caunton Manor.

Caunton in the Domesday Book

A village in Lythe hundred, in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Toki son of Auti
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey Alselin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Households: 10 smallholders; 8 freemen
- Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop of St Peter York
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Canons of Southwell St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Households: 5 smallholders; 1 freeman
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 3 furlongs

British Place Names

Caunton, Nottinghamshire

Caunton is a village in Nottinghamshire

Caunton in historic gazetteers

Caunton in the Domesday Book